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Respect

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The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

08-12-2021

2h 25m

Respect

Backdrop for Respect

Main Cast

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: Liesl Tommy

Production:: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studios, Cinesite, Glickmania

Revenue:: $31,217,372

Budget:: $55,000,000

Key Crew

Producer:: Jonathan Glickman

Story:: Tracey Scott Wilson

Executive Music Producer:: Harvey Mason Jr.

Story:: Callie Khouri

Executive Producer:: Stacey Sher

Locations and Languages

Country:: CA; US

Filming:: CA; US

Languages:: en

Main Cast

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in the musical Dreamgirls (2006), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the youngest African-American to win in a competitive acting category. After signing to Arista Records, Hudson released her self-titled debut studio album in 2008, which was certified Gold in the US and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Hudson's subsequent studio albums, I Remember Me (2011) and JHUD (2014), both charted within the top ten of the Billboard 200, with the former also being certified Gold in the US. Meanwhile, her other acting roles include the films Sex and the City (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Winnie Mandela (2011), Black Nativity (2013), Sing (2016), Cats (2019) and Respect (2021), the television shows Smash (2012), Empire (2015) and Confirmation (2016), and her Broadway debut with the musical The Color Purple. Hudson also contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of The Voice from 2017 up to 2019, becoming the first female coach to win the former.

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Marlon Wayans

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